PEOPLE MOVES H2 2018 & 2019 People Moves in International Development

Welcome to the latest review by Saxton Bampfylde of people moves in International Development covering the final months of 2018 and 2019. Our latest People Moves review covers the latter half of 2018 and 2019, a period that may be seen in future years as a pivotal, transitional period in the international development and humanitarian sector. Political pressure, or the threat of it, shifting emphases on differing development priorities, ongoing and new challenging operating environments, governance and control challenges, and public criticism made a harsh backdrop for the sector. Operationally, many organisations in the sector have struggled with the compounded challenges of adapting governance, operational structures and in particular, culture, to evolve into the more agile, impactful actors required of the future. Investment in leadership development in the sector remains sparse. Legacy thinking and demanding tactical situations particularly in fundraising, is still hampering capacity to change, and cross sector consolidation, or collaboration at the strategic level has not operated as well as the co-ordination and collaboration that has been happening at the tactical, programmatic level. Nevertheless, significant examples of innovation and impact at a programmatic level, be that through effective partnering, use of new technologies or adept advocacy, abound within the sector and are proliferating. The more strategic Chairs and CEOs are recognising the urgency of creating a greater diversity and inter-disciplinarity of skills and experience at Board and executive level, and are becoming more confident about the talent they can attract. Engagement between the private sector and civil society is also increasing in sophistication, bringing cross-learning opportunities and greater capacity for impact. It has felt painful for many in the sector but the pressure my be forging a tougher, more enduring diamond. A.Kennedy

Aidan Kennedy Partner and Head of International Development

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African Development The Bank announced a number of senior leadership appointments over the second half of Bank 2018:

• Yana Kakar to the Presidential Youth Advisory Group, which provides insights and innovative solutions for creating jobs for Africa’s youth. • Dr Cosmos Milton Obote Ochieng as Director, Africa Natural Resource Centre. • Astrid Manroth as Director in the Office of the Vice President, Regional Development. • Coulibaly Abdoulaye as the Director, Governance and Public Financial Management Department. • Frank Mvula as Director, Fiduciary and Financial Management. • Fatoumata Josselyne Ahogny as Director, Process Re-engineering and SAP Upgrade Project. • Bajabulile Tshabala as Vice President for Finance and Chief Finance Officer. • Dr Mateus Magala as Vice President for Corporate Services and Human Resources. • Professor Kevin Urama as Senior Director, Africa Development Institute. • Dr Kapil Kapoor as Director General, Southern Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office.

In 2019, the Bank made a handful of appointments:

• Alan Bacarese as Director for Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Office of the President • Frauke Harnischfeger as Director of Human Resources, Corporate Services • Amadou Hott as Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth.

The ADB also announced a number of senior ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK leadership appointments in 2019:

• Ahmed M. Saeed as Vice-President for Operations. • C. C. Yu as Country Director for Turkmenistan. • Lotte Schou-Zibell as Regional Director, Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office. • Narendra Singhu as Country Director, Afghanistan.

• Tetsushi Sonobe as Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute based in Tokyo. • Shane Rosenthal as Country Director for Georgia. • Pavit Ramachandran as Country Director for Mongolia.

CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance CDC institution, made five high-level appointments in 2018:

• Dolika Banda and Andrew Alli as Non- Executive Directors. • Yasemin Seltuk as Deputy Chief Investment Officer, a newly created role. • Chris Chijiutomi as the new Head of CDC’s Infrastructure Team.

The latter half of 2018 also saw the appointment of Liz Lloyd CBE was appointed as the CDC’s first Chief Impact Officer. In this role, she leads in overseeing the assessment, measurement and management of development impact activity and engages on focus areas such as gender, job quality, climate change and human capital.

The CDC made further senior appointments in 2019:

• Stephen Priestley as Managing Director, Liz Lloyd CBE, Funds and Capital Partnerships. CDC’s first Chief Impact Officer • Tony Morgan as Managing Director, Direct Equity. • Seema Dhanani and Benson Adenuga as Heads of Office for Kenya and Nigeria respectively.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and

EBRD Development (EBRD) announced a number of senior appointments in the latter half of 2018:

• Zsuzanna Hargitai as Director for the Western Balkans. • Francis Malige as Managing Director, Financial Institutions. • Victoria Zinchuk as Director for Croatia. • Bruno Balavera as Managing Director, Central Asia. • Matteo Patrone as Managing Director, Eastern Europe and Caucasus. • Nandita Parshad as Managing Director of the new consolidated Sustainable Infrastructure Group.

The Bank made further appointments in to 2019: EBRD ctd. • Mark Davis as Regional Director for Romania & Bulgaria., • Catarina Bjorlin Hansen as Regional Director for the Caucasus. • Christian Cleboth as Head of Loan Syndications. • Beata Javorcik as Chief Economist. • Baris Dincer as Head of the Ankara Office and Deputy Director for Turkey. • Manuela Nassl as Head of Bosnia & Herzegovina. • Andi Aranitasi as Head of North Macedonia. • Ian Brown as Head of Baltics. • Andrea Moraru as Head of Greece and Cyprus. • Michael Strauss as General Counsel. • Annemarie Straathof as Vice President, Risk and Compliance, and Chief Risk Officer. • Soha El-Turky as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. • Anca Ioana Ionescu as Director, Head of Bulgaria.

2019 also saw the appointment of Barbara Housek as the Bank’s first Director for Gender and Economic Inclusion.

Michael Strauss as the EBRD’s new General Counsel.

Barbara Housek as the EBRD’s first Director for Gender and Economic Inclusion.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

The United Nations made a handful of senior UNITED NATIONS appointments in the latter half of 2018, and 2019:

• Christine Schraner Burgener as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar. • Sahle-Work Zewde as Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU). • Robert Piper as Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the Transition Team for the repositioning of the United Nations development system. • Shireen L. Dobson as United Nations Ombudsman. • Anita Bhatia as Deputy Executive Director, UN- Women, for Resource, Management, Sustainability, Partnerships.

2019 saw the appointments of Anriette Esterhuysen as Chair, Internet Governance’s Forum’s Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group, and Ghada Fathi Waly as Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

In early 2019, UNAIDS welcomed the appointment of Rico Gustav as Executive Director of the Global Network of UNAIDS People Living with HIV (GNP+). They also appointed Shannon Hader as the new Deputy Executive Director of Programme of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.

In August 2019, UNAIDS warmly welcomed Winnie Byanyima as its new Executive Director; she brings more than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy and humanitarian engagement,

Winnie Byanyima as UNAIDS’ new Executive Director. The UNDP announced four senior appointments UNDP in the latter half of 2018:

• Ahunna Eziakonwa as Regional Director for Africa. • Mirjana Spoljaric Egger as Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Com- monwealth of Independent States, • Asako Okai as Director for the Crisis Bu- reau. • Luis Felipe López-Calva as Regional Direc- tor for Latin American and the Caribbean.

In 2019, there were a further three appointments - Angelique Crumbly as Director of the Bureau of Management Services; Haoling Xu will lead the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support; and Abdoulaye Mar Dieye as Special Adviser to the Administrator.

All newly appointed leaders will hold the rank of Assistant Secretary-General.

In June 2019, Danish economist and environmen-

UNEP talist Inger Andersen took up her new role as Executive Director of the UN Environment Pro- gramme, promising to prioritise greater action on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution during her four-year tenure.

In 2019, UN Global Compact appointed three UN GLOBAL new Members to its Board:

COMPACT • Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. • Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group. • Emmanuel Chirico, Chairman and CEO, PVH Corp.

Emmanuel Chirico (l), Dr Musimbi Kanyoro (c) and Anand Mahindra (r) as UN Global Compact’s new Board Members. 2018 saw the appointment of Victor Kisob as As-

UN HABITAT sistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director. He succeeds Aisa Kirabo Kacyira of Rwanda.

In 2018, Charlotte Petri Gornitzka was appoint- UNICEF ed as Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships for the United Nations Children’s Fund.

Steven Were Omamo was appointed as the WORLD FOOD WFP’s new Country Director in Ethiopia in June 2018. PROGRAMME In 2019, the WFP appointed Ute Maria Klamert as Assistant Executive Director. Klamert succeeds Elisabeth Rasmusson of Norway, who retired in 2018 after more than five years as Assistant Ex- ecutive Director and more than 20 in the human- itarian sector.

In January 2019, the WHO Executive Board, cur- WORLD HEALTH rently holding its 144th session in Geneva, ap- pointed Dr Takeshi Kasai as Regional Director ORGANISATION for WHO’s Western Pacific Region, and re- appointed Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh for a second term as Regional Director for WHO’s South-East Asia Region.

Ute Maria Klamert as WFP’s Assistant Executive Director. In the latter half of 2018, the World Bank announced a WORLD BANK handful of senior appointments:

• Ferid Belhaj as Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa Region. • Juan Carlos Alvarez as Representative in Ecua- dor. • Firas Raad as Country Manager for the World Bank Group Global Knowledge and Research Hub in Malaysia. • Jingdong Hua as Vice President and Treasurer. • Birgit Hansl as Country Manager for Thailand.

In April 2019, the Bank appointed David Malpass as its new President, succeeding Jim Yong Kim. Malpass previously served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs for the United States. This was accompanied by a string of further appointments throughout the year;

• Akihiko Nishio as Vice President of Develop- ment Finance. • Martin Raiser as Country Director for China and Mongolia and Director for Korea. • Andrei Mikhnev as Country Manager for Mongo- lia. • Henry Kerali as Country Director for Afghani- stan. • Jean-Francois Marteau as Country Manager for Kazakhstan. • Sebastian Molineus as Regional Director for the South Caucasus. • Anshula Kant as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. • Jesko Hentschel as Country Director for Ma- ghreb and Malta. • Renaud Seligmann as Country Director for the Russian Federation. • Axel van Trotsenburg as Managing Director of Operations. • Hiroshi Matano as Executive Vic President of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), an arm of the World Bank.

Ute Maria Klamert as WFP’s Assistant Executive Director.

Jingdong Hua, new Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank.

Anshala Kant, new Managing Director and CFO, World Bank. GOVERNMENT In July 2019, Alok Sharma became the third International De- DFID velopment Secretary in a year, after Penny Mordaunt who moved to defence in March, and Rory Stewart who resigned earlier in July. The 51-year-old MP for Reading West previously served as employment minister in the Department of Work and Pensions, housing minister in the Department for Commu- nities and Local Government, and minister for Asia and the Pa- cific at FCO.

Prior to this, in 2018 DFID also appointed two new Non- Executive Directors to its Departmental Board. As lead Non- executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee respectively, Marc Bolland and Alan Johnson will provide advice, oversight and scrutiny to DFID’s work as inde- pendent members of the Departmental Board and attendees at the Management Board.

In January 2019, Dr Tamsyn Barton took over as head of ICAI the Independent Commission for Aid Impact after the parlia- mentary International Development Committee endorsed her appointment. She had previously been backed by then- Secretary of State for International Development, Penny Mor- daunt. Tamsyn has 25 years’ experience working in interna- tional development, delivering and overseeing a wide variety of programmes including those run by UK government, small NGOs and International Financial Institutions.

In May 2019, the ICAI’s next two Commissioners were an- nounced – Sir Hugh Bayley and Tarek Rouchdy, joining the new Chief Commissioner. Both were appointed by Penny Mor- daunt. The completed three-commissioner team will serve a four-year term ending in June 2023.

Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for International Development

Dr Tamsyn Barton, ICAI’s new Chief

Commissioner. NON-GOVERNMENTAL

Rosie Ferguson, Chief Executive of single parents’ ACEVO charity Gingerbread, was named Chair-Elect of Ace- vo in October 2018.

AMNESTY In December 2019, Kumi Naidoo announced he was stepping down from his role as Secretary Gen- INTERNATIONAL eral of Amnesty International. Naidoo announced that he had been forced to make the "painful deci- sion" to relinquish the role he took up just 16 months prior, following medical advice.. He is due to continue working for the human rights organisa- tion until January 2020 and will then go on medical leave.

Earlier in 2019, Sarah Beamish was elected as Chair of the International Board. Sarah is a lawyer and the founder of Beamish Law, based in Toron- to, Canada. She was elected to the International Board in 2013 and was then elected as Vice-chair in 2017, and now Chair in 2019. She was formerly President of the board of Amnesty International Canada (English-Speaking).

Sarah Beamish, the new Chair of Amnesty International’s International Board.

BILL AND MELINDA In April 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation appointed Amy Pollack as Director of Maternal, GATES FOUNDATION Newborn and Child Health. Pollack joins the foun- dation from Medtronic, where she most recently served as the Chief Safety Officer and set the strat- egy and policy for medical safety across the com- pany’s global business groups.

In December 2019, Mark Suzman was announced as the Foundation’s new CEO. He was formerly the President of Global Policy & Advocacy and Chief Strategy Officer, and replaces Sue Desmond- Hellmann, who steps down after more than five years in the role.

Mark Suzman, the new CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Bond appointed Stephanie Draper as their new Chief BOND Executive in January 2019. She was previously Chief Change Officer and Deputy Chief Executive at Forum, and replaces Tamsyn Barton.

In November 2019, there were two further senior ap- pointments; Kate Sayer as Board Chair, and Simon Star- ling as Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research.

CARE In July 2019, Frances Longley was appointed as Execu- tive Director for Programmes and Policy at Care Interna- INTERNATIONAL tional. She joined from Amref Health Africa UK, where she was CEO for four years.

In Spring 2019, Christine Allen took up her post as the CAFOD new Director of CAFOD. Christine has held leadership po- sitions at two faith-based international development or- ganisations for the last seventeen years, most recently as the Director of Policy and Public Affairs for Christian Aid.

In May 2019, Christian Aid appointed two new Directors; CHRISTIAN AID Patrick Watt as Director of Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns, and Nick Georgiadis as Director of Fundrais- ing and Supporter Engagement.

Ruth Davison, Comic Relief’s Impact and Investment Ex- COMIC RELIEF ecutive Director, was appointed as Interim CEO of Comic Relief in May 2019, after Liz Warner stepped down after more than three years at the helm. Davison will lead until Alex Reid, who was appointed as the charity’s next CEO in November, takes over in March 2020. Alex will join from the Bill & Melinda Gates Founda- tion, where she is currently Head of Global Campaigns, and has a wealth of charity experience, previously serving as a Trustee to Comic Relief.

Alex Reid, Comic Relief’s incoming CEO, will take over from Interim Ruth Davison in March 2020.

Stephanie Draper, Bond’s new Chief Executive. CONCERN In September 2019, Concern Worldwide appointed Danny Har- vey as its new Executive Director in the UK. Harvey was previous- WORLDWIDE ly the Zambia country director for SolidarMed, a Swiss non-profit, and has also worked at senior management level with Concern in South East Asia and southern Africa.

FAIRTRADE In the latter half of 2018, Marike de Peña, the former Chair of Fairtrade International was confirmed as a Member of the Board FOUNDATION of Trustees.

There was a further Trustee appointment in February 2019, with Simon Wright of OF+ Consulting joining the Fairtrade Founda- tion’s Board.

MINES ADVISORY The Mines Advisory Group appointed two new Trustees in De- cember 2019; Khaleel Desai, Head of Governance at Islamic Re- GROUP lief Worldwide, and Frances Milner, Executive Director of Philan- thropy and Partnerships at Cancer Research UK.

The Orchid Project appointed Grethe Petersen as their new ORCHID PROJECT Chief Executive in August 2019. Grethe was previously Pro- gramme Director, Impact Investment at the Children’s Invest- ment Fund Foundation (CIFF).

In October 2019, the ODI announced the appointment of Sara ODI Pantuliano as its new Executive Director. Sara has worked for ODI since 2006, most recently as Acting Executive Director, and previously as Managing Director, Director of Humanitarian Pro- grammes and Head of the Humanitarian Policy Group.

Grethe Petersen, the Orchid Project’s new Chief Executive

Sara Pantuliano, the ODI’s new Executive Director. In October 2019, Caroline Thomson announced she OXFAM will step down as Chair of Oxfam GB in 2020 after a successor is appointed.

PLAN In May 2019, Plan International UK appointed Rose Caldwell as its new Chief Executive. Rose joins from INTERNATIONAL Concern Worldwide (UK), where she was Executive Di- rector for the last 10 years. She has over 20 years’ ex- perience in senior roles in the not for profit sector, in- cluding as the Finance Director of a mental health charity and as Assistant Director for the Refugee Hous- ing Association. A qualified chartered accountant by training, Rose spent the first ten years of her career in the private sector. Her experience as a volunteer with Raleigh International in Zimbabwe and with Concern Worldwide in Burundi in the 1990s ignited a desire and commitment to working to address inequality and pov- erty.

RALEIGH In 2019, Julian Olivier was appointed as Raleigh’s new CEO, taking up his new role on Janury 1st 2020. He was INTERNATIONAL previously Deputy Chief Executive of Raleigh Interna- tional and a former Director of Programmes, Head of Countries, and Director of Raleigh Central America at the charity. He replaces Stacey Adams, who was Chief Executive at Raleigh since 2007.

RESTLESS In 2018, Restless Development announced its new Chair of the Board, Charlotte Eaton. Charlotte re- DEVELOPMENT placed Martin Hayman, who served as Chair for just under a decade.

Julian Olivier, Raleigh Interna- tional’s new CEO

Rose Caldwell, Plan International UK’s new Chief Executive. ROYAL VOLUNTARY In September 2019 it was announced that Ste- phen Dunmore, the former Chief Executive of SERVICE the Fundraising Regulator, will take over as Chair of the Royal Voluntary Service, replacing Richard Greenhalgh.

SAVE THE In January 2019, Save the Children announced that Charles Steel will temporarily replace Peter CHILDREN Bennett-Jones as Interim Chair after Bennett- Jones stood down in 2018. Steel had been a Trustee since February 2018.

In July 2019, it was announced that broadcasting SIGHTSAVERS veteran Sir Clive Jones CBE is to take the helm of Sightsavers’ UK board of trustees, taking over from Martin Dinham, who stepped down after four years in the role.

TEARFUND In December 2019, Tearfund appointed David Wesson as a Board Trustee Director. David is the CEO of City Gateway.

TRANSPARENCY In October 2019, Daniel Bruce took over as the organisations new Chief Executive. He will take INTERNATIONAL UK the reins from Robert Barrington who has over- seen TI-UK’s growth and development since 2008.

VISIONFUND VisionFund International announced the ap- pointment of a new Member to its Board of Di- INTERNATIONAL rectors in June 2019; Petronella Dhitima, Founder and Managing Director of Mustard Seed Advisory.

WORLD VISION In February 2019, Andrew Morley became the President and CEO of World Vision International, INTERNATIONAL having previously been Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Collaboration Officer. Andrew joined World Vision after leading and building successful digital businesses across the internet, retail, technology, telecommunications, financial services and media sectors. Immediately before joining World Vision, he was a partner in a pri- vate equity investment group and a Global Trus- tee at Christian Aid. He was also Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Advertising UK.

Andrew Morley, World Vision International ’s new Chief Execu- tive

VOLUNTEERING In July 2019, Paul Reddish was appointed as Volun- teering Matters new Chief Executive after Oonagh MATTERS Aitken retired after five years in the role. Paul joined from ProjectScotland where he was CEO, and has also worked in the Finance Sector, leading teams to drive engagement and growth at Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

2019 also saw the appointment of Lord Freud, the former Conservative minister, as Volunteering Mat- ters’ new President, replacing Lord Levy.

WWF In September 2019, Katie White OBE and Kate Norgrove were appointed as a job share to lead the WWF’s Advocacy and Campaigns Department.

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